CACTUS AND SUCCULENT COLLECTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This list is the result of cooperative work by members of the cacti_etc mailing list. It is still in phase of ongoing development. The aim of the page is to compile a worldwide list of collections of cacti and succulents which are accesible to the public. It does not include areas of natural cactus and succulent habitat which have been designated as nature reserves. A few of the organisations included do have such natural habitat as well as a collection.

We would be very pleased to receive additional information to add to this pages. Corrections to existing entries, collections which should be added to the list and maybe even some which you consider do not merit inclusion. We need the name and address of the collection and if possible information on contacting them, opening hours, charges (if any) and some idea of the nature of the collection. A URL if available would also be valuable. Please mail this information to Tony Mace.

Adelaide Botanical Gardens

Collectors Corner

Address: Collectors Corner Garden World
810 Springvale Road, Keysborough, Victoria 3173
Telephone: 61 39 7985845
Fax: 61 39 7063339
Operated by Tom Kapitany and his two bothers
The largest collection of Cacti and succulents in Australia .
Most of this collection is open to the public seven days a week free of charge.
It is housed in our retail nursrey called Collecters corner.
The display is extensively landscaped under cover with numerous mature Echinocactus, Pachypodiums, Aloe polyphyllas, Carnigias, Asclepiads Cyads etc. Also has a giant landscaped 20 ft high bromeliad garden a extensive bonsai collection, and numerous orchids permenently displayed.
An extensive sales area and also sells fossils, crystals and meteorites.

Andromeda Gardens

Address: Hillcrest, St Joseph s Parish
Opening Hours: Open daily 9-5 except public holidays
Admission charge: 10 Barbados dollars (adults); children half-price.
Comments: Andromeda Gardens is perhaps the most celebrated and spectacular garden in
the West Indies. Established in 1954 by the late Mrs Iris Bannochie, it
passed to the Barbados National Trust on Mrs Bannochie s death and
continues to be well-maintained. Not a succulent collection as such, but a
good many cacti & succulents native to the Caribbean and some from further afield can be
seen amidst an astonishing exuberance of tropical flora).

Bermuda Botanical Gardens

Address: Hamilton, Bermuda
Opening Hours: 7.30 - 4.00 (Mon-Fri);10.00 - 3.00 (Sat.& Sun.)
Charges: FREE!!
Contact: Laura Cox lcox@ibl.bm
Brief description: There are five main slat houses in the entire gardens,
of which two are dedicated to the outragiously fleshy types of plants. The
cacti are in the lower house and succulents up above. There are aprox. 1000
cacti, and not quite as many succulents. In addition to the
"soldiers in pots", we have an ongoing experiment in the outside cactus and
succulent garden.

Allan Gardens, Toronto

Named after a local politician George Allan in 1858. King Edward VII opened the open park in 1860. In 1864, the city of Toronto purchased all of the lands around the open gardens and released them to the Horticultural society on the condition that entire grounds be free to the public (to this day, the entire park is free and open!).

After several fires and other disasters, the existing gardens were built in 1909. There are now three greenhouses, with the first, the palm house, being built in 1909. They now encompass over 16,000 square feet.

Grreenhouse No.1 (shared by cacti and tropicals) is titled the arid house, and is home to a large display of unusual cacti and succulents. These include huge collections of agave, opuntia, haworthia and aloe.

Allan Gardens is located on the south side of Carlton Street between Jarvis and Sherbourne in metropolitan Toronto. It is open 9-4 Monday to Friday and 10-5 Saturday and Sunday.

You can call the city of Toronto department of parks and recreation information line at 416-392-1111

Nacional Jardin Botanico of Cuba

Carretera del Rocio km 3.5 CALABAZAR. Calabazar is a suburb of La Habana city, at about 10 kms from the Downtown area.
A section is devoted to cacti and succulents as well as a greenhouse with endemic cacti of Cuba: Leptocereus, Melocacti,
Dendrocereus and several hundred of other succulents from Africa and Madagascar.
Entrance: $ 3.00
Guides: English and French speaking

Area: 55,000 meter square
Ornithological and botanical garden in the south of France that displays an Agave (100 taxa), Yucca (35 taxa), Cacti (Echinopsis and Ferocactus) collections on a 6000m2 of rock garden

Parc de la tête d'or

Address: 62, boulevard du Jardin Exotique, BP 105, MC 98002, Monaco Cedex, Monaco
Telephone: 377 93 15 29 80
Fax: 377 93 15 29 81
Opening Hours: May 15th to September 16th 9.00 am to 7.00 pm. Other days 9.00 am to 6.00 pm or dusk. Closed November 19th and December 25th. The Centre Botanique is open from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm from Monday to Thursday and from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on Friday but entry is limited
Charges: 6,70 Euros. The entrance ticket includes the Exotic Garden, the Observatory
Grotto and the Museum of Prehistoric History.

Address: Route de Nyls, 66300 Ponteilla
Telephone: 04 68 53 22 44
Opening Hours: Open 7 days a week from 15th April to 15th October from 2.00 to 7.00 pm. Other dates and times possible for groups
Charges: 4,5 Euros, with reductions for children

Address: 28 de la rue Goethe, on the south-east of the town of Strasbourg
Telephone: 03 90 24 15 65
Opening hours: The greenhouses accessible to the public are open from 8.00 am to 12.00 and 2.00 to 4.00 pm weekdays and closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The botanic garden is open in January, February, November & December from 8.00 am to 12.00 and 2.00 to 4.00 pm, and from 2.00 to 4.00 at weekends; during March, April, September & October open 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, and 10.00 am to 6.00 pm at the weekends; during May, June, July & August open 8.00 am to 7.30 pm, and 10.00 am to 6.00 pm at weekends. Closed on 1/11, 11/11, 25/12, 26/12, 01/01
Charges:

Address: Boulevard des Belges, 69006 Lyon (in the Parc de la Tete d'Or)
Telephone: 04 72 82 35 00
Fax: 04 72 82 35 09
Opening Hours: Access to the greenhouses from 9.00 to 11.30 am and 1.30 to 4.45 pm from October to April; from 9.00 am to 4.45 pm from April to October. Access to the Alpine garden from 8.00 to 11.30 am from March to November
Charges: Free. Guided visits available, general or specialised

Comment: Very enjoyable, big collection of plants from all over the world.
Special collections of cacti & succulents from the new world (with some very large plants),
succulents from the old world (also some of the larger plants), bromeliads, alpines, carnivores, orchids, bamboo, palms, ferns.

Ootacamund Botanical Gardens

National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre

Comments: Nominal entry fee and plants for sale
The garden is situated in the heart of the city Panchkula, Satellite town of Chandigarh City was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Haryana on 18/05/92 . Dr. J.S. Sarkaria the eminent cactus Grower was the chief architect of this garden. He provided honorary technical advice and donated his large collection of Cacti and Succulent plants. The objective behind developing the garden was preservation and conservation of endangered species of cacti and succulents and to create Tourist attraction. Covering an area of 7 Acres it is considered as Asia's largest outdoor landscaped cacti and Succulents Garden with over 2500 species of Cacti & succulents! The garden has comprehensive collection of Indian succulents, the largest in the world, some of them extremely rare and have already been declared as endangered species, which includes complete collection of Genus Caralluma of Indian origin. The garden has three green houses. The cacti and succulents also have medical values. Indian succulents are being used in Ayurveda and Unani medicines for centuries. It draws not only tourists but botanists.

National Botanic Gardens

Address: Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin. 9, Ireland
Greenhouse Opening Hours: 10 am. to 12.45 and from 2 pm. to 4.15 pm
from Monday to Saturday. Sunday open later, at 11.00am
Charges: Entrance is free. The gardens do not close at lunchtime.

ISCHIA island: a tropical-mediterranean botanical garden in the gulf of Naples

The Ravino Gardens are the result of 50 years of great passion and loving work of Captain Giuseppe d'Ambra: one of the richest collection in Europe of cacti and succulents cultivated outdoors. The collection, constantly enriched, includes palms, olive, lemon and orange trees, and rare and precious botanical specimens, with the extraordinary presents of the Wollemi Pine, a giurassic plant.
Ravino Garden is also the location of workshops, conferences and fairs, expositions and exibitions, and the headquarter of many social associations that organise events, as the international medical and humanitarian aid organization MSF "Doctors without frontiers", the no-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization "Slowfood", and so on.....

On 2010, Giardini Ravino has been awarded from the OPE "European Parliamentary Observatory" the most ecofriendly property of South Italy.

Jardin Botanico Exterior

Mango Corners

Address: Jones Estate
Telephone: 869-469-8147
Fax: 869-469-8019
e-mail: wmglover@caribsurf.com or wmglover@pipeline.com
Comments: Approximately 1,000 succulents, principally cacti, agaves, and euphorbias, growing in the
ground in a four acre semi-public garden. Open by appointment only during daylight hours
and also in the evenings from May to October when the night-blooming cerei are in
flower. No admission charge.

This is the garden of Mr William Glover, denoted as semi-public since the Nevis
government has asked the owners of several private gardens on the island (the other two
are palm and orchid collections) to allow and welcome island visitors into their gardens.

Municipal 'palmhouse'

Moscow Main Botanic Garden

Hester Malan Wild Flower Reserve

Address: Springbok, South Africa
Part of the Goegap Nature Reserve
Opening Hours: Most of the year between 8.00am - 4.00pm
Charges: Less than 1 pound

Johannesburg Botanic Gardens

Address: Jan Van Riebeck Park, Johannesburg, RSA
Telephone: (011) 782 0517
Opening Hours: Unfenced, therefore the garden accesible at all times. Most of the succulent
collections, however, are locked away in the glasshouses and an appointment needs to be
made to view these collections.

Karoo National Botanic Gardens

Address: PO Box 152, Worcester 6850, South Africa
Telephone: (011) 0231 70785
Opening Hours: 8.00am - 6.00pm
Charges: Free on weekdays and there is a nominal charge over
weekends and on public holidays.
Comments: This is the premier garden in South Africa in terms of succulents as its main objective is to cultivate
plants from the arid portions of southern Africa. It also has plants, seeds, colour plates and posters for sale.

Address: Kirstenbsch, Privat Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa
Telephone: 021 762 1166
Opening Hours: daily September - March from 8.00am to 5.00pm, April - August 8.00am - 6.00pm
Charges: 5 Rand
Comments: Succulentophiles will primarily be interested in seeing the Mathews Rockery in this garden and the new arid display glasshouse.
This features succulents from all over southern African. It also has a very good selection of books on succulents for sale in its bookshop.

National Botanical Institute

Address: Prvate Bag X101, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa
Telephone: 012 8043200
Opening Hours: daily from 8.00am to 6.00pm
Charges: 3 rand (about 50 pence)
Although there are numerous succulents grown in various places in the garden, the best collections are in the nursery and these can only be viewed by appointment. This garden is the home of the Desmond Cole Lithops collection and also has a particularly important collection of Madagascan succulents.

Sheilam Cactus Garden

Address: P.O.Box 157, Robertson 6705, Republic of South Africa
Open: Open Mon-Sat 8am-5pm. (Driving directions can be found at www.sheilamnursery.com). Closed Sundays/Christmas/Easter Friday.
Tours are available with advance booking. Nurseries and clients requiring specialized attention should book ahead.
Charges: 10 rand per adult; children free
Telephone: 023-626 4133
Email: sheilam@lando.co.za

Address: P.O.Box 291, Robertson 6075, South Africa
Telephone/fax: 023-6264134
email: soekershof@lando.co.za
Opening hours: Wednesday-Sunday: 8.00 -17.00, Closed on Monday and Tuesday and in July and August.
Charges: 40 Rand or 100 Rand including guided tour of approx 2hrs
Comments: This garden was originally created by Maarten Malherbe (1885-1978), in his time one of the pioneers of the South African Cactus Trade, and beautifully restored by the present owners. The rockery garden shows more than 1500 succulents from all over the world in the unprotected open air and has become part of a large (10 hectare) landscape with mainly indigenous trees, shrubs and plants. Soekershof also houses the largest hedge-maze in the world. Along some of the hedges there are acres with succulents.

Jardín Botánic Marimurtra

You have come to ane of the most beautiful botanical gardens in Europe. Having created the foundation "Jardin Botanico Marimurtra" (Sea
and Myrtle) shortly beforehis death, the German Karl Faust (1874-1954) generously bequeathed his gardens and his considerable fortune to secure its
future.

The foundation is devoted to reaearch and for the intemational study of botany. It also seeks to provide the many visitors from all over the world
with an insight into the beauty and variety of nature. We ask you to exercise care during your visit so that subsequent visitors can enjoy the
beauty of the plants and gardens.

We hope that you will leave Marimurtra enriched by what you have seen.

Jardin Botanico Tropical 'Pinya de Rosa'

Blanes, Sta Cristina, Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava, SpainI have been told that today the major part of the collections is lost and/or semi-abandoned. I have left the previous description of the garden as a memorial to what has been lost:

We think you might be interested in the circumstances which led to the establishment of this botanical garden. The folowing text
is an extract from an article by Mr. Jose Francisco Ballester, agricultural technical engeneer-INSA, published in the magazine Iberflora in
November 1975 which may help you to explore this garden.

The botanical garden Pinya de Rosa is located on the Costa Brava between Blanes and Lloret de Mar.

In this garden, the natural scenary is enhanced by the art of the landscape artist and a Harmonious collection of rare forms and colours of mature
specimens of cacti and succulents. The idea originated in the mind of the present owner Don Fernando Riviere de Caralt, Civil Engineer, who bought
the property in January 1945 and started to develop the garden in the following months.

Work proceeded as the various collections were laid out systematically in large rock enclosed beds. Opuntias and Platiopuntias filled 27 beds,
Cylindropuntias and Austrocylindropuntias 12 beds, Agavaceae 32 beds and Aloes 11 beds, etc.

Additional plants came mainly from their natural habitats but also from other botanical gardens and private collections all over the world.

The systematic manner in which the collections of Aloes and Agavaceae are arranged represents the personal work of Dr. Riviere and has been highly
acknowledged in the specialised scientific circles as a mainstay in the classification of these species.

American specialists regard the Opuntia collection as the most important in the world, it contains 600 species of 18 genera.

There are also collections of Agavaceae, Aloes, Yuccas and Mesembryanthemaceae which are considered to be amongst the best in Europe.
The genera Conophytum and Lithops are particularly well represented.

The entire collection contains more than 7000 species excluding the local flora.

Flowering at Pinya de Rosa estends all through the year. Most of the Aloes flower during winter but it is between February and October that the
flowers of cacti and other succulents reach their glory. There is the short splendour of Trichocereus, Selenicereus, Nyctocereus, Hylocereus and
others, with flowers sometimes more than 35 centimetres long with outer petals from white to pink and chestnut changing to yellow and cream. These
open only at sundown and can only be admired in full bloom in the darkness of the night.

In the part of the garden reserved for cacti, the plants are arranged according to their growth forms: columnar, candelabre or globose shapes are
grouped together, some of them in hundreds of specimens.

In the cactus section you will find a great number of species, all duly classified, including Cereus, Trichocereus, Espostoa, Cephalocereus,
Neobuxbaumia, Pilocereus, Oreocereus, Helianthocereus, Cleistocactus, Rooksbya, Pachycereus, Floresia, Roseocereus, Machaecereus,
Trixanthocereus, Azureocereus, Morawetzia, Isolatocereus, Echinocereus, Seticereus, Lemaireocereus, Haageocereus, Eulychnia, Pereskia,
Hertrichocereus, Marshallocereus, Polaskia, Astrophytum, Acanthocereus, Corryocactus, Mitrocereus, Monvillea, Borzicactus and many others. Other
succulents also adapt themselves perfectly to Pinya de Rosa. Amongst these can be found many Aizoaceae with creeping branches which form a
carpet of flowers.

Among these succulents and other plants growing between the cacti are Agave, Aloe, Delosperma, Crassula, Ruschia, Trichodiadema, Pedilanthus,
Lampranthus, Euphorbia, Prenia, Leipoldtia, Cephalophyllum, Carpobrotus, Yucca, Nolina, Beschorneria, Furcraea, Aeonium, Kleinia, Senecio, Rochea,
Dracaena, Hechtia, Puya, Haworthia, Gasteria, Dasylirium and many others. From the family Mesembryanthemaceae 131 genera with 780 species may be
seen.

Jardí Botànic de Valéncia

Jardin del Cactus: The Cactus Garden

35444 Guatiza village, Lanzarote, Spain
Open Daily 10.00 -17.45; entrance 425 pesetas (1997)
Comments: Restaurant, Snack bar, Shop
10,000 cacti and succulents of 1450 different species growing at ground
level and in several levels of terracing. This area is the centre of
Lanzarote's cochineal industry with several hundred acres planted with the
prickly pear or tunera cactus from which the cochineal beetle is collected for its dye.

Parques Exóticos de Teneriffe

The Botanical Garden of Gothenburg

Address: Carl Skottsbergsgatan, Gothenburg, Sweden
Charges (1995): adults SEK 20, ticket valid for a month
Comments: Has a greenhouse with mostly tropicals (bananas, orchids, carnivores and
stuff), but also a succulent departent. Many plants probably result from Carl Skottsberg's
travels in Chile (Copiapoa, Trichocereus, Cleistocactus). A few HUGE Trichocerei and
other Cereoids. Other succulents include mesembs, Euphorbias, Pelargoniums.
The garden also has an outdoors rock garden where several Opuntias, at least
two different Echinocerei and Escobaria vivipara manage to survive the Swedish climate.

Comments: This collection founded in 1931 is the documentation center of the I.O.S.
The collection has 8,500 species from 45 different plant families housed in 1,200 square meters
of greenhouse and 300 square meters of heatable frames.

The Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory
Address: P.O. Box 77246, Piedmont Park, Alanta, GA 30357, USA
Telephone: 404-876-5858
Contact; Laura Vinson
Open: 9.00am to 7.00pm Tuesday to Sunday, April 1 - September 30,
9.00am to 6.00pm remainder of year. Closed Mondays
Charges: $4.50US; $2.25 for seniors and students with ID and 6-12 year old children. Children under 6 free.
Brief Description: 3,200 square foot bedding display of old world succulents of
which 1,400 square foot are devoted to Madagascan Succulents. There are also displays
of Lithops and other Mesembs, Aloes, Asclepiads, Haworthias and Xerophytic Cycads
A supplementary collection is housed in the Cecil B.Day Greenhouse Complex

Catalina Island Botanical Gardens

About 22 miles west of Los Angeles, California.
Access: By boat or helicopter
The Wrigley Memorial gardens contains a Desert garden also.
Usually open 7 days a week, 8 am. to 5 pm.
Admission is $1. Children under 12 years free.
From the town of Avalon take avalon canyon road, 1.5 miles out of town to get to the garden.

Bus tours are available to see Bergerocactus emoryi in native habitat on the other side of the island.

Franklin Park Conservatory

Address: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
Telephone: 626-405-3504
Open Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1:00 to 4:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:30 to 4:30 pm closed Mondays and major holidays.
Greenhouses open 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Charges: Adults $15, Seniors $12, Children under 12 years of age are FREE
Admission is also free to Huntington support group members.

Plant collections on the 127-acre grounds are arranged primarily by geographic origins. These include the Australian, African, Mediterranean, Southwestern, South
American, and Asiatic/North American sections.

Other attractions are the Manfred Meyburg waterfall and Begonia and Tropical Greenhouses.
The grounds include several historical structures. Native Gabrieleno Indian structures called wickiups reflect the heritage of the original occupants of the land.
Scotsman Hugo Reid acquired the 13,319 acres of Rancho Santa Anita from the Mexican government in 1839 and a year later built a house on the site of today's
Arboretum. His three-room adobe home has been reconstructed on its original foundation. The elaborate Queen Anne cottage and
matching Coach Barn were constructed on the grounds in the 1880's by the colorful and eccentric E.J. "Lucky Baldwin". Both Victorian structures are
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Santa Fe train depot dating back to 1890 was moved to the Arboretum grounds.

It is open for public tours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on most Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Various plant societies sponsor shows and sales throughout the year, but mainly in spring and fall. The Arboretum holds a big plant sale one weekend in May every year.

The main attraction here for most people is the animals, which are desert animals from all over the world. These particular individuals
cannot be released into the wild because of injury or upbringing. The park also features extensive plantings from deserts all over the world,
with the major emphasis on desert areas of the U.S. and adjacent Mexico.

The plants are usually labeled. There is also a nursery with a good variety of plants for sale.

Address: 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI 53215 USA
Telephone: 414-327-4283
E-mail : schuck@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu
Tel : (414) 649-9830
Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm Including holidays
Charges: $3.25 $1.75 children 6-18
Brief description: Simply one of the finest collections of cacti, succulents, shrubs, and
aird-land bulbs grown under glass. Plants from Madagascar, Southern and Eastern
Africa, the Canary Islands, South America, and the deserts of North America such as the
Chihuahuan, Mohave, and Sonoran are displayed. The Conservatory has assembled what
we believe to be one of the best public displays of succulent plants from Madagascar.
The display includes all eleven species of the endemic Didiereaceae, mature specimens
of Pachypodium decaryi, P. baronii, and such as oddities and rarities as Adenia
firingalavensis, Cyphostemm laxa, Uncanna decaryi, Operculicaria decaryi, and Commiphora
spp. The 50 species and varieties of Euphorbia include such seldom seen types
as E. moratii, E. capsaintemariensis v. tulearensis, E. pauliana, E. perrieri, and E. primulifolia.

Quail Botanic Gardens

Address: 230 Quail Gardens Drive, POBox 230005, Encinitas, CA 92023-0005, USA
Telephone: 619-436-3036
Open Hours: Hours: 9am - 5pm daily, (closed New Year's Day ,Christmas and Thanksgiving)
Gift Shop and Plant Sales open 10am - 4pm
Charges: Adults $3:00; Children (ages5-12) $1:50; ages 4 and under free.
Members free. No admission charge on the first Tuesday of every month.
Comments: 30 acre botanical garden in the most frost free location of any public
botanical garden in the Western US. Xeric plant exhibition includes new and
old world cactus and succulent gardens and phytogeographic plant exhibits of
the world's mediterranean like climate areas.

Located at the northern extreme of the Chihuahuan Desert by the Rio Grande, and opened in December of 1996. Included are a diversity of plantings and exhibits. There are extensive outdoor naturalistic plantings
emphasizing plants of the higher deserts and mountains of southwestern North America, especially of the Chihuahuan Desert region. We have two conservatory buildings, one which houses a collection of plants from the
warmer North American Deserts, and occasional changing exhibits of plants from other arid regions. The second Conservatory building houses a Mediterranean style planting, with Mediterranean plants being another
emphasis of the garden. The plantings both indoors and out include a large number of cacti, other succulents, and similar plants.

Address: PO Box 30845, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
Telephone: 925/210-9663
Fax: (925) 256-1889
Charge: $7/person; free for members and children under 12
Description: The Ruth Bancroft Garden rises above the status of a collection and becomes an exceptional demonstration of the art of garden design. This 3-acre garden was begun in 1972 in Walnut Creek, California, and has garnered international acclaim from the horticultural community as an example of dry gardening appropriate for California's mediterranean climate. Working primarily with the dramatic forms of her beloved succulents, Ruth Bancroft has created bold and varied compositions in which the colors, textures, and patterns of foliage provide a setting for the sparkle of floral color. The collection includes drought-tolerant plants from around the world, inspiring visitors with endless possibilities for their own landscapes. The Garden was the inspiration for the founding of The Garden Conservancy, the nation's leading non-profit dedicated to the preservation of significant private gardens. The Ruth Bancroft Garden conducts tours, seminars and workshops
on dry gardening and offers drought-tolerant plants for sale.

The website features hundreds of photos of succulents, information on growing them in the landscape, and online tour reservations.

Tucson Botanical Gardens is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way in Tucson, Arizona.
The Gardens are open daily except New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
TBG hours are 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Admission:
Oct. to April $13 Adults; $12 Student/Senior/Military; $7.50 Children 4-12
May to Sept. $8 Adults; $7 Student/Senior/Military; $4 Children 4-12
Children 3 and under and Members are always free.

Cactus and Succulent Garden: This garden, named for Rodney G. Engard,
TBG's first director, includes cacti from Arizona, other southwestern
states, Mexico, and South America. New and old world succulents are also
featured. Peak bloom is in April and May. Cacti and succulents are well
marked.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, located in the Sonoran Desert, also includes
areas of native desert vegetation, a xeriscape demonstration garden,
wildflower garden, and Native American crops garden.

Our arid house collection is open at all times and contains a major collection of about 2,000 cacati and succulents, mostly wild-collected in addition to large outside collectsions.

University of California at Irvine Botanical Garden

Address: Irvine, California, USA
Telephone: 714-856-5833
Comment: A very good collection of Aloes plus many others.
They also have a large collection of South Africa bulbs.
In August they have a Summer Bulb Sale.
Charges: Free

University of Hawaii Experimental Farm

Vermont Experimental Cold-Hardy Cactus Garden

Address: Located at the residence of Louis & Marilyn Varricchio,
Halladay Road, Middlebury, Vermont USA
Telephone: 802-388-3268
Admission: Free (please call in advance)
An experimental raised-bed, cold-hardy cactus garden--approximately 10'x 10' -
showcasing cactus species which are known to be cold and moisture
tolerant (mainly opuntias), as well as unusual euphorbias, yuccas,
agaves, and sedums. This simple garden is designed to demonstrate how a
low-cost, desert garden can be constructed and enjoyed year-round by
backyard gardeners living in USDA Zones 4 and 5 of northern New England,
upstate New York, and eastern Canada.